Dr. Yanhai Du, Associate Professor at College of Aeronautics & Engineering, Team Leader and Principal Investigator (PI) of 麻豆精选's Fuel Cell Program, is a material scientist and an internationally recognized scholar in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) research and development. He has more than 20 years of extensive R&D and manufacturing experiences in SOFC technology and ceramic product development, and 10 years of experience in academic settings. His research interests include fuel cells, energy conversion and storage, additive manufacturing and sustainable systems. Dr. has received over $1.5 million in grants for various clean energy research projects in the past six years. Dr. has authored/coauthored over 130 technical publications, including 11 patents, in key areas of SOFC design, materials, fabrication, characterization, and operation.
Dr. Yanhai Du is administrator for the Fuel Cell Research Lab and the Metal 3D Printing Lab.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Material Science, 2004
- Master of Science, Material Technology, 1998
- Bachelor of Science, Ceramics, 1983
Awards and Honors
- 2019, Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Aeronautics & Engineering
- 2018, President鈥檚 Faculty Excellence Award, 麻豆精选
- 2016 July, The Future of Fuel Cells - Pioneering Professor Focuses on Fuel Cell Technology, E-Inside
- 2016 March, Fuel Cells and the Future, Record-Courier, March 27, 2016
- 2015 July, Dominion Award for Fuel Cell Educational Technologies Program - Dominion Higher Education Partnership
- 2014 April, Farris Family Innovation Awards, for Research of 鈥淓nabling a High Power Density and Small Size Fuel Cell鈥
- 2014 February, Technology Professor Promotes Fuel-Cell Research to 麻豆精选Students - KentWired.com and The Fuel Cell Corridor
- 2014 January, Scholar of the Month, Scholar Fuels Students鈥 Knowledge of Technology - 麻豆精选News
- 2013 , University of South Carolina - Title of Invention - Liquid Fuel On-board Miniature Desulferizer. Inventors: Yanhai Du, Kenneth Reifsnider
Extent, Recency, and Pertinence of Academic Preparation
- 2013-present, Associate Professor, College of Aeronautics and Engineering, 麻豆精选 - Kent Wired Article
- 2009-2013, Research Professor, r, University of South Carolina - HeteroFoaM Center
- 2002-2005, Research Scientist, University of Connecticut
Extent, Recency, and Pertinence of Industrial Professional Level Experience
- 2005-2009, Director of Fuel Cell Development, NanoDynamics Inc.
- 2000-2002, Sr. Process Engineer,
- 1989-1995, Project Manager, State Bureau of Building Materials Industries
- 1983-1989, Engineer, Central Iron and Steel Research Institute
Faculty Teaching and Administrative Assignments
- New Courses Developed: Introduction to Sustainability (TECH 27210), Fuel Cells and Applications (TECH 42100), and Fuel Cell Technology and Engineering (TECH 61095)
- The courses Du offers include Introduction to Sustainability (TECH 27210), Individual Investigation (TECH 43096), Fuel Cells and Applications (TECH 42100), Fuel Cell Technology and Engineering (TECH 61095), Research (TECH 610980), Thesis I (TECH 61199), and Thesis II (TECH 61299)
Funded Research Activities
- Laser Sintering System for Research on Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Fuel Cells, Office of Naval Research
- A Super-High Power Density Fuel Cell Power Source, TeCK Fund and Ohio Development Services Agency
- Freeze Casting and Freeze Drying Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, NASA via Yanhai Power Technology and Protonex
- Universal Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Test Kit, Ohio Development Services Agency
- Enabling a High Power Density and Smaller Size Fuel Cell, Farris Family Innovation
- Fuel Cell Educational Technologies Program, Dominion Foundation
- Evaluation of Spiral Cell Fabrication Methodologies, WATT Fuel Cell Corporation
- Liquid Fueled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System, Army Research Office via Protonex Technology Corporation
- Hydrogen Batteries for the War-fighter: From Army JP-8 to SOFC Power, DARPA-Defense Sciences Office
- Fuel-Flexible Advanced Power Solutions for Portable Applications, DARPA-Defense Sciences Office
- Hydrogen Batteries for the War-fighter: Development & Evaluation of Propane-Fueled SOFC Stack & Systems. U.S. Army
Professional Activities
Editorial Board of the Sustainability journal, Energy Sustainability section
Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) is a peer-reviewed and open access international journal with its main Editorial Office located in Basel, Switzerland. It covers studies related to sustainability and sustainable development in the areas of environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability of human beings and is published monthly online by MDPI which you may visit at .
Journal Reviewer
- Energy Technologies
- Inorganics
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- Journal of American Ceramic Society
- Journal of Electrochemical Society
- Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technologies
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
- Journal of Power Sources
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews
- Reviews in Chemical Engineering
- Solid State Ionics and Journal of Nanomaterials
Publications, Patents, Thesis and Major Reports
Summary of Publications (as of Oct 10, 2018)
130+ Publications, including:
- 40 Refereed-Journal Articles
- Five Book Chapters
- Nine Patents (issued and pending)
Peer Reviewed and Internationally Circulated Journal Articles
- X. Yang, J. Chen, D. Panthi, B. Niu, L. Lei, Z. Yuan, Yanhai Du, Y. Li, F. Chen, T. He, 鈥Electron Doping of Sr2FeMoO6鈥撐 as High Performance Anode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells鈥, J. Materials Chemistry A, 7, 733 鈥743, 2019.
- N. Hedayat, D. Panthi, Yanhai Du*, 鈥Inert Substrate-Supported Microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Based on Highly Porous Ceramic by Low-Temperature Co-Sintering鈥,&苍产蝉辫;颁别谤补尘颈肠蝉&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;滨苍迟别谤苍补迟颈辞苍补濒,&苍产蝉辫;45, 579-587, 2019.
- D. Panthi, N. Hedayat, Yanhai Du*, 鈥Densification Behavior of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Powders for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrolytes鈥, Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 7(4): 325鈥335, 2018.
- X. Yang, J. Liu, F. Chen, Yanhai Du, A. Deibel, T. He, "Molybdenum-based double perovskites A2CrMoO6-d (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) as anode materials for solid oxide fuel cells鈥, Electrochimica Acta, 290, 440-450, 2018.
- Yanhai Du, N. Hedayat, D. Panthi, H. Ilkhani, B.J. Emley, T. Woodson, 鈥Freeze Casting Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, A Review鈥, Materialia, 1, 198-210, 2018. (Invited Review Article)
- X. Yang, D. Panthi, N. Hedayat, T. He, F. Chen, W. Guan, and Yanhai Du, 鈥Molybdenum Dioxide as an Alternative Catalyst for Direct Utilization of Methane in Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells鈥, Electrochemistry Communications, 86, 126-129, 2018.
- N. Hedayat, Yanhai Du, H. Ilkhani, 鈥Pyrolyzable Pore-formers for the Porous-Electrode Formation in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A Review鈥, Ceramics International, 44, 5, 4561-4576, 2018.
- N. Hedayat, D. Panthi, Yanhai Du, 鈥Fabrication of Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by Solvent-Assisted Lamination and Co-firing a Rolled Multilayer Tape Cast鈥, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 15, 307-314, 2018
- N. Hedayat, D. Panthi, Yanhai Du, 鈥Fabrication of Anode-Supported Microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by Sequential Dip-Coating and Reduced Sintering Steps鈥, Electrochimica Acta, 258, 694-702, 2017.
- D. Panthi, B. Choi, Yanhai Du, A. Tsutsumi, 鈥Lowering the Co-Sintering Temperature of Cathode鈥揈lectrolyte Bilayers for Micro-Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells鈥, Ceramics International, 43, 10698-10707, 2017.
- N. Hedayat, Yanhai Du, H. Ilkhani, 鈥Review on Fabrication Techniques for Porous Electrodes of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by Sacrificial Template Methods鈥, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 77, 1221-1239, 2017.
- K. Zhao and Yanhai Du, 鈥Calcium-doped ceria materials for anode of solid oxide fuel cells running on methane fuel鈥, Journal of Power Sources, 347, 79鈥85, 2017.
- N. Hedayat, Yanhai Du, 鈥Using Flixweed Seed as a Pore-former to Prepare Porous Ceramics鈥, Journal of Material Sciences & Engineering, 5, 4, 1000255, 2016.
- K. Zhao, B.-H. Kim, Yanhai Du, Q. Xu, B.-G. Ahn, 鈥Ceria Catalyst for Inert-Substrate-Supported Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Running on Methane Fuel鈥, Journal of Power Sources, 314, 10鈥17, 2016.
- K. Zhao, B.-H. Kim, Q. Xu, Yanhai Du, and B.-G. Ahna, 鈥Redox Cycling Performance of Inert-Substrate-Supported Tubular Single Cells with Nickel Anode Current Collector鈥, Journal of Power Sources, 293, 336鈥342, 20
- K. Reifsnider, W. Chiu, K. Brinkman, Yanhai Du, A. Nakajo, F. Rabbi and Q. Liu, 鈥Multiphysics Design and Development of Heterogeneous Functional Materials for Renewable Energy Devices: the HeteroFoaM Story鈥, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 160 (4) F470-F481, 2013.
- Yanhai Du, D. Cui, K. Reifsnider and F. Chen, 鈥Startup Characteristics of Propane-Fueled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Hot Zones鈥, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 159(6), B723-B728, 2012.
- Yanhai Du, D. Cui and K. Reifsnider, 鈥Characterization of Propane-Fueled SOFC Portable Power Systems鈥, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 15(5) B1-B5, 2012.
- M. Lankin, Yanhai Du, and C. Finnerty, 鈥A Review of the Implications of Silica in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells鈥, Journal of Fuel Cell Science & Technologies, 8(5), 054001, 2011.
- D. Cui, Yanhai Du, K. Reifsnider, F. Chen, 鈥One Thousand-hour Long Term Characteristics of a Propane-Fuelled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Hot Zone鈥, Journal of Power Sources, 196, 6293鈥6298, 2011.
- P.K. Cheekatamarla, C.M. Finnerty, Yanhai Du, J. Jiang, J. Dong, P.G. DeWald, C.R. Robinson, 鈥Advanced tubular solid oxide fuel cells with high efficiency for internal reforming of hydrocarbon fuels鈥, Journal of Power Sources, 188(2), 521-526, 2009.
- Yanhai Du, C. Finnerty and J. Jiang, 鈥Thermal Stability of Portable Microtubular SOFCs and Stacks鈥, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155(9), B972-B977, 2008.
- N.M. Sammes, Yanhai Du, 鈥Fabrication and Characterization of Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells鈥, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 4(2), 89-102, 2007.
- N.M. Sammes, R. Bove, Yanhai Du, 鈥Assembling Single Cells to Create a Stack: The Case of a 100W Microtubular Anode-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack鈥, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 15(4), 463-467, 2006.
- N.M. Sammes, Yanhai Du and R. Bove, "Design and Fabrication of a 100 W Anode Supported Micro-Tubular SOFC Stack", Journal of Power Sources, 145 (Aug) 428-434, 2005.
- X. Xue, J. Tang, Yanhai Du and N. Sammes, 鈥Dynamic Modeling of Single Tubular SOFC Combining Heat/Mass Transfer and Electrochemical Reaction Effects鈥, Journal of Power Sources, 142(1-2), 211-222, 2005.
- G. Ju, K. Reifsnider, X. Huang, Yanhai Du, 鈥Time Dependent Properties and Performance of a Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell鈥, Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, 1(1), 35-42, 2004.
- Yanhai Du and N.M. Sammes, 鈥Fabrication and properties of anode-supported tubular solid oxide fuel cells鈥, Journal of Power Sources, 136 (1) 66-71, 2004
- Yanhai Du, N.M. Sammes, G.A. Tompsett, D. Zhang, J. Swan and M. Bowden, 鈥Extruded Tubular Strontium- and Magnesium-Doped Lanthanum Gallate, Gadolinium-Doped Ceria, and Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Electrolytes: Mechanical and Thermal Properties鈥 Journal of Electrochemical Society, 150 (1) A74-78, 2003.
- Yanhai Du, N.M. Sammes, 鈥Fabrication and Performance of LaGaO3-Based Tubular SOFC鈥檚鈥, International Journal of Ionics, 9(1&2), 7-14, 2003. (Journal Impact Factor = 2.229, Corresponding Author).
- Yanhai Du, N.M. Sammes, 鈥Electrical Performance of LaGaO3-Based Tubular SOFCs鈥, Journal of University of Science and Technology of China, 32, 38-48, 2002.
- Yanhai Du, N.M. Sammes, 鈥淔abrication of Tubular Electrolytes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells using Strontium- and Magnesium-doped LaGaO3 Materials鈥, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 21 (6), 727-735, 2001.
- Yanhai Du, N.M. Sammes, and G.A. Tompsett, 鈥Optimisation Parameters for the Extrusion of Thin YSZ Tubes for SOFC Electrolyte鈥, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 20 (7), 959-965, 2000.
- Yanhai Du, N.M. Sammes, G.A. Tompsett, and Y. Zhang, 鈥Phase Stability of Bismuth Lead Antimony Oxide鈥, Solid State Ionics, 117, 291-299, 1999.
- Y. Zhang, N. Sammes, and Yanhai Du, 鈥The Use of X-ray Analysis in Determining the Crystal Structure in F-Bi8Pb5O17鈥, Solid State Ionics, 124, 179-184, 1999.
- Yanhai Du, N.M. Sammes, and G.A. Tompsett, 鈥淧hase Transition Temperatures of Bi8Pb5O17鈥, Journal of Australasian Ceramic Society, 34 (1) 124-129, 1998.
- Du Yanhai, 鈥The Development Problems Existing in Our Architectural Ceramic Industry and its Main Tasks Ahead,鈥 China Ceramic Industry, 1(1), 7-9, 1994.
- Du Yanhai; Feng Jiarong, 鈥On the Change of Spinel in Magnesia-Chromite Brick Used in VOD Refining Furnaces,鈥 China鈥檚 Refractories, 2(4), 29-31, 1993.
- Du Yanhai, 鈥Analysis on Technique Importation and its Digestion and Absorption Problems about Sanitary and Ceramic Kiln,鈥 Ceramic, 102(2), 14-19, 1993.
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Conference Proceedings, Presentations, and Posters
- Yanhai Du, N. Hedayat and D. Panthi, 鈥Can Fuel Cells Make our World Cleaner?鈥, International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering, Cincinnati, OH, USA, August 12-15, 2018.
- Yanhai Du, N. Hedayat and D. Panthi, 鈥Freeze-Casting & Freeze-Drying Processes for SOFC Applications 鈥 A Review鈥, 5th Asian Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Conference, Shanghai, China (Keynote), August 5-9, 2018.
- A review on freeze-casting and freeze-drying Solid oxide fuel cells
- Yanhai Du, J. Persky, K. Zhao, H. Ilkhani, T. Woodson, B. Emley, N. Hedayat, 鈥Fabrication and Characterization of Freeze-Cast Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells鈥, Fifteenth International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Hollywood, Florida, July 14, 2017.
- X. Yang, X. Han, T. He, Yanhai Du, 鈥Enhanced Stability of Ta5+ and Fe3+ Co-doped BaCoO3-未 as a Cathode Material for IT-SOFCs鈥, Fifteenth International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Hollywood, Florida, July 14, 2017.
- N. Hedayat, D. Panthi, Yanhai Du, "A Novel Method to Fabricate Inert Substrate-Supported Microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by Selective Leaching", Fifteenth International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Hollywood, Florida, July 14, 2017.
- B. Emley, T. Woodson, A. Bose, Yanhai Du, "Freeze Cast T-SOFCs and a Universal Electrochemical Testing Fixture", Fifteenth International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Hollywood, Florida, July 14, 201
- D. Panthi, N. Hedayat, and Yanhai Du, 鈥A Comparative Study on the Densification Behavior of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Electrolyte Powders鈥, Fifteenth International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Hollywood, Florida, July 14, 2017.
- Yanhai Du, 鈥Can Fuel Cells Make Airports Greener?鈥 25th Annual National Aviation Environmental Management Conference, Detroit, Michigan, June 5鈥7, 2016.
- Yanhai Du, A. Maar, and K. Zhao, 鈥Development of Advanced Ceramic Fuel Cells using Additive Manufacturing Technology (I): Design and Modeling鈥, International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Daytona Beach, FL, USA, January 24-19, 2016
Invited Talks, Seminars and Guest Lectures
- Yanhai Du, 鈥Sharpen Your Edge, Follow Your Passion - the Fuel Cell Story鈥, Seminar at Case Western Reserve University 鈥 Student Chapter of Electrochemical Society, Cleveland, OH, November 29, 2017.
- Yanhai Du, 鈥What If 鈥 Fuel Cells and Sustainability鈥, Qingdao University, 18 May 2017; and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 23 May 2017.
- Yanhai Du, (Panelist) 鈥Application of Additive Manufacturing to Advance Ceramic Fuel Cells鈥, Ceramic Expo & Conference, Cleveland, OH, USA, April 26-28, 2016.
- Yanhai Du, 鈥Fuel Cells鈥 Roles in the Sustainable Energy Era鈥, Harbin Institute of Technology, December 23, 201 And at China University of Geosciences (Beijing), December 20, 2014.
- Yanhai Du, 鈥Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell -A Fuel-Flexible and Efficient Fuel Cell Technology for Portable Applications鈥, Case Western Research University, September 9, 2014.
- Yanhai Du, 鈥Fuel-Flexible and Efficient Fuel Cell Technologies鈥, The Akron Section of The American Chemical Society, March 12, 2014. And at NASA Glenn Research Center, December 17, 2013.
- Yanhai Du, 鈥Overview of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells鈥, Tuscarawas Campus, 麻豆精选, November 21, 2013.
- Yanhai Du, 鈥Portable SOFC Systems and New Cell Microstructure鈥, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Science, November 9, 2011.
- Yanhai Du, 鈥Solid Oxide Fuel Cell - a Fuel Flexible and High Efficient Energy Technology鈥, Tsinghua University, November 4, 2011.
- Yanhai Du, 鈥From Coal to Electricity without Combustion - Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology鈥, China University of Geosciences, November 2, 2011.
- Yanhai Du, 鈥Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technologies鈥, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, October 24, 20
Patents
- Yanhai Du, A.M.M. Maar, 鈥Multifunctional Manifold for Electrochemical Device and Methods for Making the Same鈥, US and International Patent Application, PCT/US2017/065758, 12 December 2017.
- Yanhai Du, 鈥Universal Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Testing Device鈥, US and International Patent Application, PCT/US2017/043668, 25 July, 2017
- C. Finnerty, Yanhai Du, J. Cai, 鈥淓lectrochemical System Having Multiple Independent Circuits鈥 US and International Patent, US 9,281,531 B2, 8 March 2016.
- Yanhai Du, K. Reifsnider, 鈥Systems and Methods for Liquid Fuel Desulfurization鈥, US and International Patent, US 9,238,781, 19 January 2016.
- Yanhai Du, J. Persky, 鈥Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells鈥 US Patent Application, 15/094,398, 2016.
- Yanhai Du, C. Finnerty, 鈥Tubular Electrochemical Cell鈥, US and International Patent, US 8,182,959, 22May 2012.
- X. Huang, K.L. Reifsnider, R.O. England, Yanhai Du 鈥淛oints and Methods of Making and Using鈥 US Patent Application, 2006/0172141, 2006.
- Yanhai Du, N.M. Sammes, R. England, 鈥淪olid State Electrochemical Devices鈥 US Patent Application, 2004/0258972, 2004.
- Yanhai Du, N.M. Sammes, 鈥淢ethods of Manufacture of Electrolyte Tubes for Solid Oxide Devices and the Devices Obtained Therefrom鈥 US Patent Application: 2004/0247973, 2004.
- C. Finnerty, G. Tompsett, F. Basil, Yanhai Du, 鈥淪egmented Electrode Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Method of Manufacture,鈥 US and International Patent Application, WO/2002/031901.
Book Chapters, Edited Conference Proceedings Volumes, Thesis and Reports
- Yanhai Du, A. Maar, K. Zhao, 鈥Development of Advanced Ceramic Fuel Cells using Additive Manufacturing Technology (I): Design and Modeling鈥, in Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies for Nanostructured and Multifunctional Materials III: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Editors: M. Fukushima and A. Gyekenyesi, V.37 (5), pp.74-80, (ISBN-13: 9781119321705), 2017.
- K. Reifsnider, Yanhai Du, D. Cui, 鈥From Army JP-8 to SOFC Power鈥, Final Program Report to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), January 27, 2012.
- K.L. Reifsnider, F Rabbi, R Raihan, Q Liu, P Majumdar, Yanhai Du, J.M. Adkins, 鈥溾, in Advances in Materials Science for Environmental and Energy Technologies: Ceramic Transactions, Editors: T. Ohji, M. Singh, E. Hoffman, M. Seabaugh, and Z.G. Yang, V.236, pp. 155-164, (ISBN-13: 9781118273425), Wiley, 2012.
- K. Reifsnider, Yanhai Du, D. Cui, 鈥Development & Evaluation of Propane-Fueled SOFC Stacks & Systems鈥, Final Program Report to Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), December 16, 2010.
- N.M. Sammes and Yanhai Du, 鈥Fabrication and Properties of an Anode-Supported Tubular IT-SOFC Based on Lanthanum Gallate鈥 in Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, V.26 (4), (ISBN: 9781574982343), Editor: N.P. Bansal, John Wiley & Sons, pp.33-40, 2008.
- N.M. Sammes, Yanhai Du, R. Bove, 鈥Fuel Cell Principles and Perspectives鈥 in Biofuels for Fuel Cells: Renewable Energy from Biomass Fermentation, 235-247, (ISBN: 1843390922), Editors: P. Lens, P. Westermann, M. Haberbauer and A. Moreno, IWA publishing, 2005.